Part of my whole project from the beginning was to make an absent world present for my parents, which was India.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted to one purpose, to give back to India her ancient freedom.
My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way.
I had very busy parents, but I really appreciated having a set of traditions during my own childhood, like consistently celebrating holidays at the same place.
I returned to India after long years of international service, because I had always cherished the desire to make a difference in my own country.
My grandmother's apartment had significance for me, even as a child, and I was fascinated by that world that was disappearing.
You need to build a place that is a touristic destination that brings in people from outside the region.
Peres came with a worldview. I also came with a worldview that I have not abandoned and that guides me still.
There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thinking had changed, and we wished to know, it was too late. I know nothing of the people on my father's side; I know only that some of them came from Nepal.